Friday 22 October 2010

Amboseli-first ever camping safari!!

For half term my friend Hannah and I decided to go on a little adventure to Amboseli. Hannah had bought a car a week earlier, so after lots of scrounging for camping equipment we packed up the car and off we set. I sensibly took only camping clothes-heels and make up stayed behind....so how on earth did the car look like this-a 3 day camping trip for two people?!


We set off on various roads, guided by a map scribbled out by a friend, which contained just 4 turnings....amazingly we arrived safely!  Our journey wasn't without adventure though....going to the toilet was one.... after several hours on the road, it was time for a toilet break, by toilet I mean tree.....well, that would be fair enough if the trees weren't incredibly thin and sparse en route. We drove on. Bumpy roads-didn't help! Eventually a sort of bank appeared that we thought could work. Getting up the sandy bank without fits of giggles was a feat in itself, which was rewarded by a load of thorns. Hannah, the experienced camper went first and was soon back in the car, scratch free. I made the mistake of not only scratching my hands and legs badly, but looking around to see lots of Maasai tribal people around, watching.... Let's just say I ran down pretty fast and we speedily drove off. 

Amboseli is beautiful. Kilimanjaro is visible and it is very open terrain so easy to see the animals. I got to see my first elephant and hippo in the wild!!

Kilimanjaro in the background!
So cool, hippos at last!!

It was lush driving around and spotting hyenas, lions, giraffe....there were so many animals, it was brill! My fav pic had to be zebras, find them fascinating.

Zebra bottoms!
I don’t think Hannah realised just how inexperienced I was when it came to camping, but she patiently took it in her stride, and together we managed to put up our tent, and it stayed! Was a very proud achievement! Not sure I will ever become a seasoned camper, but was fun!

Starting out on our morning game drive



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